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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Growing Up: Here and There, D-Day and All That, and Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was John Garcia brought before a navy court?
(a) He was firing unauthorized ammunition.
(b) He was accused of aiding the enemy.
(c) He refused to go into a burning ship.
(d) He lied about his age to enlist.

2. How did Frank Keegan and his high school buddies respond to the invasion of Pearl Harbor?
(a) Enlisted in the army.
(b) Built bomb shelters.
(c) Waited with guns on the beach.
(d) Waited to be drafted.

3. Why did Robert Rasmus believe the Americans should be grateful to the Russians?
(a) The Russians diverted the German army.
(b) The Russians did the lion's share of the fighting.
(c) The Russians were their comrades and allies.
(d) The Russians opened the door for the American invasion.

4. What did people in Paducah burn in a bonfire?
(a) All their Japanese products.
(b) Posters of Hitler.
(c) Emperor Hirohito's effigy.
(d) All their German products.

5. What unusual food did Ken Hourigan eat in the Philippines?
(a) Dog.
(b) Cat.
(c) Horse.
(d) Mouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the British women do with their goods during the war?

2. What did Maurice Wilson think when he saw the Japanese war planes over Hawaii?

3. How did John Kenneth Galbraith say the bombing of Hamburg increased the German war effort?

4. Why did the Japanese overseers get angry if the American prisoners killed a snake?

5. What did E.B. Sledge say the war did to American soldiers?

(see the answer key)

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